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patchcmd_config(): Make a copy of path obtained from git_path()

Subject: [PATCH] cmd_config(): Make a copy of path obtained from git_path()

## tl;dr

2 messages between Nov 16, 2014 and Nov 17, 2014. Diffs are folded; open one to read it.

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Michael Haggerty· Nov 16, 2014, 07:37 UTC · lore

The strings returned by git_path() are recycled after a while. So make a copy of the config filename rather than holding onto the return value from git_path().

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
This patch is an improvement by itself, and it also eases the merging
to master of my fix for the incorrectly set config file executable
bit [1].
[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/259644
 builtin/config.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Show changes to builtin/config.c +5 −2
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 8cc2604..606a3c0 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -568,8 +568,8 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_EDIT) {
-		const char *config_file = given_config_source.file ?
-			given_config_source.file : git_path("config");
+		char *config_file;
+
 		check_argc(argc, 0, 0);
 		if (!given_config_source.file && nongit)
 			die("not in a git directory");
@@ -578,6 +578,8 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (given_config_source.blob)
 			die("editing blobs is not supported");
 		git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
+		config_file = xstrdup(given_config_source.file ?
+				      given_config_source.file : git_path("config"));
 		if (use_global_config) {
 			int fd = open(config_file, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0666);
 			if (fd) {
@@ -590,6 +592,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				die_errno(_("cannot create configuration file %s"), config_file);
 		}
 		launch_editor(config_file, NULL, NULL);
+		free(config_file);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_SET) {
 		int ret;
-- 
2.1.1
Junio C Hamano· Nov 17, 2014, 17:25 UTC · re: Michael Haggerty · lore

Re: [PATCH] cmd_config(): Make a copy of path obtained from git_path()

Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> The strings returned by git_path() are recycled after a while. So make
> a copy of the config filename rather than holding onto the return
> value from git_path().
Good thinking.  I agree that is an accident waiting to happen.

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